FANG Stocks Up Between 25% and 115% Since Start of 2017

As with the cryptocurrency markets, the FANG stocks broke into new record highs during early 2017, leading to a multi-month bull trend driven by accelerated momentum. However, in spite of currently posting year-to-date losses between 75% and 90%, the leading cryptocurrency markets have significantly outperformed the FANG stocks since the start of 2017.

APPLE

At the start of 2017, AAPL (Apple) was trading for approximately $115. After rallying throughout 2017, APPL continued to set record highs during 2018 before going parabolic in the third quarter following a breakout above $1 trillion in market cap.

Since establishing an all-time high above $230 at the start of October, APPL has aggressively retraced roughly 30% back to currently trade for approximately $165, resulting in the stock having gained approximately 43% since January 2017.

FACEBOOK

Of the FANG stocks, FB (Facebook) has seen the greatest price volatility in price over the past two years. Trading for approximately $115 at the start of January 2017, FB saw 12 months of predominantly bullish action before producing a roughly 23% retracement from a then-record high of $195 down to $150 during the first quarter of 2018.

The second and third quarters of 2018 saw FB rally to post a record high of nearly $220, before suffering a violent 40% crash to establish local support at $125. As of this writing, FB is trading for $144, equating to a gain of 25% since the start of 2017.

NETFLIX

NFLX (Netflix) has been the strongest performing of the FANG stocks since January 2017. NFLX began 2017 trading at nearly $125 before producing 18 months of sustained bullish action.

Since producing a double-top at approximately $420 during June and July, NFLX has recently retraced by roughly 40%. As of this writing, NFLX is consolidating at the $265 support area, resulting in a price gain of 115% in nearly 24 months.

GOOGLE

GOOG (Google) has been the least volatile of the FANG stocks in the last 24 months, beginning 2017 at roughly $772. GOOG then produced 19 months of mostly bullish price action, before double-topping at roughly $1,255 during July and August.

GOOG has suffered the smallest losses of the FANG stocks since posting its current all-time high, having retraced nearly 20% to test support at $1,000. GOOG is currently trading for $1,042, equating to a price gain of 35% since January 2017.

Top Crypto Markets Gain Between 200% and 4,000% in 24 Months

At the start of 2017, the top five cryptocurrencies by market cap were BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC, and XMR.

Despite losing nearly 77% since the start of the year, BTC has gained nearly 250% since January 2017, gaining from nearly $965 to currently trade for $3,344.

In spite of posting a YTD loss of 88.5% as of this writing, ETH has gained over 1,000% in nearly 24 months, rising from $8 to $88.5.

Of the top crypto markets from the start of 2017, XRP has since produced the largest gains, with prices increasing nearly 4,350% from roughly $0.0065 to 0.29 today, despite posting a YTD loss of 87%.

Although LTC has yielded a YTD loss of 90%, the now seventh-ranked cryptocurrency by market cap has still produced price gains of more than 500% since the start of 2017, gaining from $4.33 to $26.5 today.

While XMR has slipped to rank 12th by market capitalization and produced a YTD loss of 88.5%, Monero has gained nearly 200% since January 2017, with prices rising from $13.8 to $40.4.

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